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Elements of Style

Elements of Style more books like this

by William Strunk, Jr.

The classic and still authoritative grammar guide gets a quirky, lovely makeover by acclaimed artist Maira Kalman, whose flat, colorful artwork illustrates several of the sentences used as examples in the book. A two-page spread featuring a couple observing a lush vista and a traveler walking along a mountain trail demonstrates the sentence, "The ...

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They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing

They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing more books like this

by Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein

Identifying the moves that matter in academic writing in ways that students can readily understand and apply.

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Evergreen: A Guide to Writing with Readings

Evergreen: A Guide to Writing with Readings more books like this

by Susan Fawcett

Evergreen takes another leap forward in the paragraph-to-essay-level Developmental Writing market. In this Eighth Edition, the author endeavors to take an exceptional book and make it even more motivating, helpful, and engaging. Susan Fawcett has thoroughly reviewed and updated the text, guided by the thoughtful suggestions of faculty across the ...

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MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers more books like this

by Joseph Gibaldi

Completely revised and updated, the fourth edition presents a comprehensive guide to preparing research papers. Including is detailed information on using computers for research and writing and on citing electronic publications.

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A Writer's Reference

A Writer's Reference more books like this

by Diana Hacker

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The St. Martin's Guide to Writing

The St. Martin's Guide to Writing more books like this

by Rise B Axelrod

The best-selling college rhetoric for over 20 years, "The St. Martin's Guide" has an unparalleled record of proven success. From the beginning, Axelrod and Cooper have taken the best of classic and contemporary theory, filtered it through their own and their colleagues' classroom experience, and then blended the result into a flexible classroom ...

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College Writing Skills with Readings

College Writing Skills with Readings more books like this

by John Langan

John Langan's "College Writing Skills with Readings, Seventh Edition", focuses on the essay using Langan's renowned clear writing style, as well as his wide range of writing assignments and activities that reinforce the four bases of effective writing: unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills. For the new seventh edition, John Langan has ...

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Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide

Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide more books like this

by James D Lester

The definitive research paper guide, Lester combines a traditional and practical approach to the research process with the latest information on researching and writing online. Comprehensive, but not overwhelming, Lester provides students with step-by-step guidance through the research writing process from selecting and narrowing a topic, to ...

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Everything's an Argument with Readings

Everything's an Argument with Readings more books like this

by Andrea A Lunsford

Designed to be a true alternative to traditional argument texts, "Everything's an Argument" takes a fresh and friendly approach to the subject by showing students that argument is everywhere. "Everything's an Argument with Readings" complements this approach with a uniquely broad range of examples -- from essays to billboards to emails to radio ...

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Models for Writers: Short Essays for Composition

Models for Writers: Short Essays for Composition more books like this

by Alfred F Rosa

It's a simple, best-selling combination that's worked for over 20 years -- short, accessible essays and helpful, thorough writing instruction. "Models for Writers" continues to offer thought-provoking selections organized to demonstrate not only the rhetorical patterns that students will use in their own essays but also the elements and language ...

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Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide more books like this

by Laurie G Kirszner

Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell, best-selling authors and experienced teachers, know what works in the classroom. They have a knack for picking just the right readings. In "Patterns for College Writing, "they provide students with exemplary rhetorical models and instructors with class-tested selections. The readings are a balance of classic ...

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The Riverside Reader more books like this

by Joseph F Trimmer

Renowned and respected, THE RIVERSIDE READER is a collection of expository essays arranged by rhetorical modes--narration and description, process analysis, comparison and contrast, division and classification, definition, cause and effect, and persuasion and argument--with a final thematic unit illustrating all of the modes. The readings ...

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Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing more books like this

by Mignon Fogarty

Mignon Fogarty, a.k.a. Grammar Girl, is determined to wipe out bad grammar - but she's also determined to make the process as painless as possible. One year ago, she created a weekly pod cast to tackle some of the most common mistakes people make while communicating. The pod casts have now been downloaded more than seven million times, and Mignon ...

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The DK Handbook more books like this

by Anne Frances Wysocki, Dennis A Lynch

This edition includes the most current MLA citation, documentation, and style guidelines. "I would describe The DK Handbook as visually arresting and a breath of fresh air in the market of composition handbooks!I think this text is remarkably suited to today's generation of visual learners." -Joel Henderson, ChattanoogaStateTechnical CC ...

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Bedford Guide for College Writers: With Reader, Research Manual, and Handbook more books like this

by Mr. X J Kennedy

When it was first published twenty years ago, "The Bedford Guide for College Writers" brought a lively and innovative new approach to the teaching of writing. Since that time, authors X. J. and Dorothy M. Kennedy have won praise for their friendly tone and their view, apparent on every page of the text, that writing is the "usually surprising, ...

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Contemporary Business Communication more books like this

by Scot Ober, Ph.D.

Ober prepares students for business communication by employing a hands-on approach, connecting topics, examples, and exercises to the modern workplace. The text provides ample opportunity for students to practice their oral and written skills, and includes strategies for using email, voicemail, the Internet, and other innovations in communication ...

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Ways of Reading: An Anthology for Writers more books like this

by David Bartholomae

In the late 1970s, instructors at the University of Pittsburgh recognized that students were entering the school unprepared for the rigors of academic life. The university's response was to develop a course offering challenging material -- readings requiring serious attention -- along with a method of reading and rereading that helped students ...

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Literature and the Writing Process more books like this

by Elizabeth McMahan

For Composition Through Literature and Introduction to Literature courses. Message: Literature and the Writing Process promotes interactive learning by integrating writing instruction with the study of literature. Its approach utilizes writing as a mode of learning, as a means for promoting critical thinking, as a method for exploring and ...

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Readings for Writers more books like this

by Jo Ray McCuen-Metherell

The Ninth Edition of Readings for Writers continues a long-standing tradition of inspiring and promoting attention to detail and technique in writing of all stages and forms. A large number of readings are included, predominantly essays, but some short stories as well. This unique text groups readings contained in each chapter according to ...

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The College Writer: A Guide to Thinking, Writing, and Researching more books like this

by Randall VanderMey, Verne Meyer, John Van Rys

Combining streamlined, nuts-and-bolts writing instruction with accessibility and visual appeal, The College Writer helps visual learners and less-prepared students master the writing process. The text features step-indexing and color-coding that allow students to thumb directly to a topic, and checklists and summary boxes that make it easy to ...

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Strategies for Successful Writing: A Rhetoric, Research Guide, Reader, and Handbook more books like this

by James A Reinking

For Freshman Composition courses. This best-selling rhetorically-organized writing guide combines four books-a rhetoric, a research guide, reader, and handbook-into one convenient and flexible teaching tool while offering students an exceptional value. Also available in an alternate version without a Handbook section. The authors of Strategies for ...

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The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction more books like this

by Linda H Peterson

Read by millions of students since it was first published in 1965, The Norton Reader is the bestselling collection of its kind.

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Rules for Writers more books like this

by Diana Hacker

"Rules for Writers" succeeds because it has always been grounded in classroom experience. By looking at her own students' needs, Diana Hacker created an affordable and practical classroom tool that doubles as a quick reference. Developed with the help of instructors from two- and four-year schools, the sixth edition gives students quick access to ...

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Simon & Schuster Handbook for Writers more books like this

by Lynn Quitman Troyka

For Freshman-level writing courses, such as Freshman Composition, English Composition, First-Year Writing, Expository Writing or any course where students need help with the writing process, critical thinking, grammar, research, and documentation. The Simon & Schuster Handbook for Writers, from trusted authors Lynn Troyka and Doug Hesse, is a ...

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A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers more books like this

by Lee A Jacobus

The most successful reader of its kind, "A World of Ideas" is ideal for composition instructors who want to introduce their students to some of the world's most important thinkers and their ideas: for example, Niccolo Machiavelli on government, Sigmund Freud on the mind, and Virginia Woolf on feminism. Because students perceive writers such as ...

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